Radeon R9 370 vs R9 295X2

Place in performance ranking	231	374
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.31	1.80
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Vesuvius	Trinidad
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)	5 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	no data
Current price	$600 (0.4x MSRP)	$325

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 295X2 has 84% better value for money than R9 370.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2816	1280
Core clock speed	no data	925 MHz
Boost clock speed	1018 MHz	975 MHz
Number of transistors	6,200 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	179.2	78.00
Floating-point performance	2x 5,733 gflops	2,496 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	307 mm	221 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2 x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	512 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	5600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	640 GB/s	179.2 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	+	no data
LiquidVR	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TressFX	1	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
UVD	+	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R9 295X2 22.31
+82.4%

R9 370 12.23

R9 295X2 outperforms R9 370 by 82% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R9 295X2 8617
+82.5%

R9 370 4722

R9 295X2 outperforms R9 370 by 82% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R9 295X2 21197
+304%

R9 370 5249

R9 295X2 outperforms R9 370 by 304% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.